Marriage Kids and Money: Personal Finance for Families

How Money Trauma Starts in Childhood | Jessica Moorhouse

Jul 15, 2025
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Jessica Moorhouse
In this engaging discussion, Jessica Moorhouse, an accredited financial counselor and author of Everything But Money, dives deep into the roots of money trauma. She identifies how both 'big T' and 'little t' traumas from childhood can shape our financial behaviors. Jessica shares her personal journey, highlighting the role of therapy in overcoming financial struggles and the importance of breaking unhealthy money patterns. Listeners will gain actionable insights to reframe their financial mindset and confront generational trauma with confidence.
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INSIGHT

Trauma Is An Unhealed Emotional Wound

  • Trauma is an emotional wound that remains unhealed and continues to influence behavior until addressed.
  • Jessica Moorhouse explains both "big T" and "little t" traumas can shape our money decisions long-term.
INSIGHT

Money Events Create Lasting Financial Patterns

  • Financial traumas like job loss or bankruptcy directly change how you think and act about money.
  • Unhealed trauma often triggers emotional dysregulation that can lead to using money to self-soothe.
ANECDOTE

Inherited Fear Of Losing The Home

  • Jessica describes inheriting a fear of losing her home from family history of eviction and bankruptcy.
  • That inherited story pushed her toward aggressively paying down mortgages despite contrary math.
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